Modern steel sculpture of Rama and Sita, Tapovan, near Nasik
Sita, if you meet her,
Greet her, do beseech her
She’s unbridgeable, unmovable,
Serene
Sita, none is sweeter
Bird of paradise, Demeter
She’s slender like the ether
And tensile like the steel
Sita, be my preacher
Tell me when and how to meet a
Such a lovely doe-eyed creature
Swimming fish-eyed in the stream
But it’s a thousand miles to reach her
From her stomach to beneath her
It’s impossible to meet her,
In between
What did India do to you? Hurry up and wait, you will eventually get there! :)